Rains Benefit Reservoirs and Subsoil in Cuban Province

Ciego de Avila, Cuba, May 28 (Prensa Latina) The intense rains occurred in the last hours in this central Cuban province allowed the eight dams and two natural lakes of the territory to be fully filled today.

The delegate of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources in Ciego de Avila, Sergio Barrios, reported that the water table, the main source of water supply to the inhabitants and economic institutions of the territory, is also at the top of its capacity.

During the afternoon-night of Saturday, rainfall exceeded 100 millimeters and caused flooding in several areas of the city and almost all the municipalities of Ciego de Avila, where seven tornadoes were reported.

One of them took place in the areas of the Empresa de Cultivos Varios La Cuba, where it totally affected some 40 hectares of plantain and several irrigation systems.

According to the director of the entity, Carlos Blanco, currently a bean area in harvest period is flooded, in which some 160 tons of the grain are lost, and the damage in a corn field is evaluated.

Barrios said that the province has recorded rainfall equivalent to 200 percent of historical levels for May, considered among the rainiest months of the year.